Wednesday, September 22, 2010

I've been wanting to make these since Baby V was born! We had a hard time trying to get nice stamps of his hands and feet but these clay keepsakes are so much better!

Materials:

White clay

A circular cookie cutter or other object (we actually used a round tupperware)

Plastic wrap

A small round tool to cut out ribbon hole (we used a plastic straw)﻿

Rolling pin

Directions:

Rip off a chunk of clay and work between your hands until very pliable

Roll clay in between layers of plastic wrap with a rolling pin (this prevents clay from sticking to rolling pin) until it reaches about a 1/8" or 1/4" thickness (I found that a little bit thicker made it easier for printing)

Using cookie cutter, cut out a circle from the clay

Place clay circle back on plastic wrap and put on hard surface

Bring baby's hand or foot over clay and press gently but firmly into clay (best done while baby is sleeping!)

Use straw to pierce smaller hole at top of circle

Bake per manufacterer's instructions

Leave plain white or fill in print with paint or paint name and date around outside of print